(Node.js) Refresh Access Token on 401 Unauthorized and Retry (Service Account)

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Demonstrates how to handle an expired access token error, refresh the token, and retry the request. (In this case, the request is to download an object from Google Cloud Storage.)

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // This example uses a previously obtained access token having permission for the 
    // scope "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"

    // In this example, Get Google Cloud Storage OAuth2 Access Token, 
    // the service account access token was saved to a text file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
    var sbToken = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    var success = sbToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log("Failed to load access token.");
        return;
    }

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    http.AuthToken = sbToken.GetAsString();

    // Construct a URL to download an object named "starfish.jpg" from the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
    http.SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean");
    http.SetUrlVar("object_name","starfish.jpg");
    var url = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o/{$object_name}?alt=media";

    // If there is an error response, then we didn't actually download the file data,
    // but instead we downloaded an error response..
    var fileData = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = http.DownloadBd(url,fileData);
    var responseCode = http.LastStatus;
    if ((success == false) && (responseCode !== 401)) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    if (responseCode == 401) {
        console.log("Received 401 Unauthorized response. Attempting to refresh the access token...");

        // May be that the access token expired.
        // Load our JSON key and request a new access token, then retry the original request.
        var fac = new chilkat.FileAccess();
        var jsonKey = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/googleApi/ChilkatCloud-13a07a2e8b3f.json","utf-8");
        if (fac.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
            console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        var gAuth = new chilkat.AuthGoogle();
        gAuth.JsonKey = jsonKey;
        gAuth.Scope = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform";
        gAuth.ExpireNumSeconds = 3600;
        gAuth.SubEmailAddress = "";

        var tlsSock = new chilkat.Socket();
        success = tlsSock.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,5000);
        if (success !== true) {
            console.log(tlsSock.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        success = gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock);
        if (success !== true) {
            console.log(gAuth.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt",gAuth.AccessToken,"utf-8",false);

        // Retry the original request.
        http.AuthToken = gAuth.AccessToken;
        success = http.DownloadBd(url,fileData);
        if (success == false) {
            console.log(http.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

    }

    if (responseCode !== 200) {
        // Get the error response
        var sbErrorResponse = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
        sbErrorResponse.AppendBd(fileData,"utf-8",0,0);
        console.log("Error response code = " + responseCode);
        console.log("Error:");
        console.log(sbErrorResponse.GetAsString());
        return;
    }

    console.log("Success.");

    // Save the downloaded data to a file.
    success = fileData.WriteFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg");

}

chilkatExample();